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Our Plans
Expedition leader: Mikołaj Łaniewski-Wołłk
Dates: 01.08-01.09.2007
The aim of the expedition is to explore the region of Upper Matcha – Turkistan range within the Hissar-Alay Mountains in the borderland of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in Central Asia.
History
Inaccessible! Following the breakdown of the Soviet Union, the borders were demarcated in this region. The Turkistan range that used to be very popular among tourists and alpinists, became deserted. The border with Tajikistan was drawn along the range. Every spring Tajik fighters were crossing the mountains to reach the Fergana Valley in order to fight for Islam, to take part in a war, the goals of which they only knew. Trekking became extremely hazardous. A new border in the north with Uzbekistan cut across all access roads. It was impossible for many years to get there. Nowadays, it is much more quiet. Even a new road was built recently.
Mountains
Unique! The Turkistan range starts on the outskirts of ancient Samarkand and rises gradually east-west for about 340 km. In the very western part, in the region of Upper Matcha it rises over 5000 metres.
These are the mountains of ravishing rocky and icy walls of Skalisty peak (5621 m ) and Pyramidalny peak (5509 m ) and next to Patagonia of highest granite crags!
This is the land of massive glaciers and peculiar juniper forests in valleys!
This is the borderland of cultures - sedentary Tajiks tribes-Persians and nomadic Kyrgyz-Mongols!
This is the place that one must see!
Expedition
We have ambitious plans! As always! It is our next expedition to the mountains of Asia. Our aim is to explore a forgotten and hardly accessible land. It will start with a mad drive by large three-axial lorry called Ural – in the wilderness of the Hissar-Alay.
The journey - drudgery to avoid Tajik & Uzbek enclaves, negotiations with police officers, border guards, local partisans and basically everybody who can feel like stopping us. However, we are sure we will make it! It is not the first time we do it!
We set off up in the mountains. During the first few days we are going to acclimatize in the Karavshin region. We will climb easier passes.
Next, we plan two more difficult treks - we will see the most interesting peaks in the highest part of the Turkistan range. Thousands meters of climbing and kilometres of walking in the scorching heat, on the rocks and glaciers. It will be fantastic!
| 01-03.08 | Transit Warsaw - Moscow – Osh |
| 03.08 | Formal issues (registration, permissions etc.) |
| 04.08 | Transit to Karavshin v. – cross-country ride by lorry, caravan of donkeys |
| 05-10.08 |
Acclimatization: (i)Djiptyk valley, (ii) Karasu v., (iii) Djiptyk pass (3810 n.p.m), (iv) Djaupaya v. and Sredinny Djaupayski pass (4340 m)
| | 11-16.08 |
trekking: Karavshin – Karasu pass (3720 m) – Orto-Chashma v. (2200 m) – Solnetshny pass (4540 m) – Ak-suu valley– Ak-suu glacier– Aktobel pass (4390m) – Orto-Chashma v. – Karasu pass (3720m) – Karavshin | | 17-22.08 |
trekking: Karavshin – Djaupaya v.– Verh. Djaupayski pass (3800 m) – Tamyngen v. – Mynteke v. – Mingteke glacier - Mingteke Juzhny pass(4180 m ) – Djiptyk v.– Kiroksan pass (4470 m) – Kshemysh v. – Kara-Kul-Katta lake – Kshemysh v.
| | 23-30.08 |
Region of Batken
| | 31.08-01.09 |
Transit Osh – Moscow – Warsaw
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